New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-01
THE WRECK or IHE VERNON.
NOT EVEN A AcoRpsE HAS BrENREcoyERED
rAsSENGEEs 1HoJGHT 10 HAyEBrEN rIw-EppIrS
SEN FLOATING.

' PASSENGERS 1HOJGHT 10 HAVE BrrN ItW-EppfES
SEN floating.
/ CHICAGO Oc, 81 iNp|c qh.-Cap,aIn tumner'orl. Of
the schooner Blazing star. which arrived hric 70 Last
night tell, al interesting -'oy about ne loss of The
propeller vernon Tie Blazing star passed through
ne fragment. o. the wreck shortly anor the superior
captain Comm''foid ,ay-:
We ra.-'d Two River, Point about II a. m on Sal
urlay. running under the pcah Of hc fy"sal and Iih
We coui1 not carry any more canvas. We did not
need aty more foi sailing faster than ever
sailed ia my life before. The simply awful.
We were Numerically expo lag change Of vini .,l
were looiug sharp TIE first Indication Of i. when
one Of the boys forward sang ont
"Thcrc', a ulan alcAd.
"Wc cou.d ju.r hear his voic, above Tie storm. and
! forward a fat a. ! could to zee What ~a- the
matter The man va, standing the forcca-tlo deck
pointing over the weather bow. LnoAu. in hat dlrcc
ZION. saw hc body Of man u NE prc-cryci tossing
about ON the wayc- We ncW by fast that # would
have been almost useless have attempted Ia pick II
up even If TIC storm had permitted to hcavc To- at all
] about ~ AT again when the lookout once more
called NY aicuii to the water and Instant after
ward saw another body. which LAc The hr~' one Wa
cnca>c! cor. rf- plr-eivor We counted ten ln
all. some Of them noa'cl du-r that almost
thought they would bee f.'d our ral by the sra.
but they wc-. al carried past and lcf far a-tclIi A.
few by Ac~, evidence, If shP"Iec the sailor poor
fellow. became almost flcull with oNc omcnt and
would have r>lcd h, life If had uoi rancd him
IT. attempting. 10 rescue them. soon Snci r} ry'-
eI ou a small object tia seemed To- bc man -itpdin2
upright 10 Tire water
=" is man aul nc's waving his hand at us said M"
sailor al my side ana loOkri again more ci''riF man
before. Then stw a man AZ ihI he Wa rdh'
Ing what secnel 10 he the top Of plst house.
or q Iccc Of ahnr1rano deck II" wa hoFlng on 10
h- nan f0at with hand by means oi rope nct WORK.
"hlIe be was utng his uncinpl0yci mann III
! an and called lr naic TO the p-Or fellow ana
Whch Mitchell got on deck We were nearly apie"S. ar
less than two hundred feet The man was 't'rt-
ing himself to his utmost. hrs one NAM th'n Ic
other and shouting all the time Ike MAD 10 ati"' "n
attention. one moment lie would be buried III th' hca
ami the nert he would he ming q" ,I'e
crest or wave, and at such ,inii'' ,inir'
We could almost Distinguish his f'at"r-
knew IT would be only moment before re w@"nln @ ne
beyO"d aid Wne .StiA pogderIns, MITCHELL
my mate, rushed up - me and exclaimed:
"Capiain for heavens sake hoavc to and II any man
o. tue crew Will 20 Win me- III lower Tn" boat "nd "'"
that man
Thi7 aroused me and tod Mitchell If
such thng ana however much hated 10
leave the poor feo" to Lls fae, knew IL was hopeless
70 have attempted to about in that sale would ha'o
r-kimg tie lives OF my crew and the safety of my
not have survived long. The Wind was bllicr coh anu
the dashns oyer him so FAST ana win huch
force That lie cond not have retained hls po-ilo" hu'"
longer" . .,
wreck has reached port by tins time, ana as
reported pickiIg mp anyo"dy
on tho lake, there IS now no doubt that
every aboard Of her when she lct Glen liaN'h s
dead would have survived the exposure 10 hG
intense cold more than few hours The crew h"in"'Iou
twcniy-hIx and 1t is believed the passengers dId nov
exceed len in ALL as The low stage OF wafer prcVenen
the Vernon from landing at ner Two pnncpa! ports
CnaTlcNOlA and Frankfort.